well negretto can mean both nigger or littleyoung black kid its all in the context and how you say it the article probably didnt mean it pejoratively its just how you referred to black people back then i guess you can use negronenegronegretto in a nonoffensive sense easily but i wouldnt say it near a black person they might not take it the right way it is the shorter version tho saying uomo di colore seems like you are afraid that people think you are racist and nero its the same as negro really can have multiple meanings and berlusconi says a lot of crap for the record